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Mind and Meditation

“In Tibetan we say if the mind is comfortable and at peace, then the body is comfortable and at peace. Pretending the body to be peaceful does not mean that your mind is peaceful. Merely sitting in the meditation position does not mean your mind is meditating. When you learn how to meditate, you sit in a position and close your eyes, but at the same time you travel and manifest yourselves elsewhere, projecting hundreds of things to think about. Something you realize immediately, something carrying it so far that you have to bring it back. That is how our active mind functions. There are some visible parts that you can notice; there are also parts that are not so visible easily unless you go in with it. So mind is important, and we try to purify it of the clouds that are covering it.”

From a talk on Bon and Dzogchen by Latri Khenpo Geshe Nyima Dakpa Rinpoche. Thai version will be published in Sarn Pandara, the Thousand Stars Newsletter.